The old nurse’s story” (1906) is a short novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell , the Victorian writer.

Nicotine is undoubtedly the most universally used of all poisons. In the blistering heat of the tropics; in the biting cold of the arctic; on the broad highway of the tumbling...

"Seven Against Thebes" is the third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced by Aeschylus in 467 BC.Aeschylus (525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek...

Torn 3“Why did you choose this life, Johnnie? What is so special about it?” My motorcycle club. My family. Or, is it? It sure is the closest thing I have to a family....

Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. Hattie Tyng Griswold (1842 - 1909) was a...

"The Three Musketeers" is a historical novel by Alexandre Dumas.Set in 1625-8, it recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan (based on Charles de...

Numerous books have been written on the subject treated herein, but no one gives sufficient practical knowledge to enable the average reader to apply the necessary treatment...

Brother Jacob is a short story by George Eliot, in which she explores the relationship between the selfish, self-centered and ambitious David Faux and his idiot brother, Jacob.

"Modern India" was written in 1903-04 by William Eleroy CurtisWilliam Eleroy Curtis (1850 - 1911) was traveling correspondent for two Chicago newspapers, the...

"The Prince" is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. Although it is relatively short, the...